2010 On-Line Mission Trip

Are you packed and ready to go? Beginning this Sunday, for two solid weeks, you have an opportunity to relentlessly share the Gospel of Jesus Christ on your Social Network of choice. I know... you can do this anytime! However, you are joining 3000+ other students and student ministers in the effort to unashamedly share the hope that one can have in a relationship with the one true God through His son Jesus Christ. So, "hop on the bus" and join me and many others in this amazing opportunity to be On-Mission, On-Line.

JR Winterfest 2010 Retreat

This last weekend, some volunteers (Matt and Heather Rollins and Jennifer Smith) and I, took 3rd-6th graders to Camp Illiana for the Jr Winterfest 2010 Retreat, where the kids experienced worship, teaching, recreational activities, and a great camp experience. A good time was had by all! Thanks to all who participated and volunteered and to those who created the experience by planning, hosting, serving, and pointing Children to Jesus Christ.

CIY Believe (Jr. High)

2010 Messiah Tour @ Anderson U

April 16-17

Cost: $50+Food and Souvenirs

($25 and Registration due Feb. 21st/remaining $25 due by April 4th)

World Vision Disaster Relief Efforts

Text Haiti followed by the amount you want to donate to 56512 and then reply YES to confirm to support World Vision Disaster Relief Efforts.

Doug Fields on SYMC 2010

To Save A Life

To Save A Life is showing at Honey Creek West 8 Theater beginning January 22nd.

Student IMPACT will be viewing this relevant and thought provoking movie on Sunday, January 24th at 3:50pm. Plan to meet at Agape by 3:20pm. Because of the content, it is rated PG-13; therefore, 6-7th Grade Students need parental permission.

I have 20 FREE tickets for IMPACT Students/Volunteers. First come first serve! Please invite friends. I need to know a count by Wednesday, Jan. 13th. Any other attenders/parents will have to the pay regular price of $7.75 at the door.
To Save A Life is a must see!

JUST EAT IT!!!

This video stars my friend Joshua Hoxworth and my son Schyler. Joshua did a great job producing this first music video and school project. How funny! Hope you enjoy!

Lord of the Rings Lock-In

Fri. Jan. 1 8pm- Sat. Jan. 2 8am

8:00pm-8:15pm Introduction of Characters (Students Dressed in Character)
8:15pm-8:30pm Scenes from Middle Earth (Acting Out Favorite Scenes)
8:30pm-8:40pm Lord of the Ring’s Trivia (Awards)
8:40pm-11:40pm The Fellowship of the Ring (3hrs)
11:40pm-12:10am Ring Search (Game)
12:10am-3:10am The Two Towers (3hrs)
3:10am-3:30am Sauron’s Revenge (Game)
3:30am-6:50am The Return of the Kings (3hrs 20min)
6:50am-7:20am Lord of the Beans (30min)
7:00am Breakfast
7:20am Clean Up
8:00am Parent Pick Up/Home to Sleep

Bring your favorite snack and cola to share. Pizza, veggie tray, fruit tray, and breakfast supplied!

The Charlie Brown Christmas Movie

No Christmas is complete without Charlie Brown. Happy Holidays!

Ode to Joy

I love the Muppets!!!

Hillsong United - Hosanna

12 Days of Christmas
Straight No Chaser

An amazing video to help each viewer/reader begin to celebrate Christmas!
I have posted this video before; however, this version of the 12 Days of Christmas never gets old!

Crossroads Missions: Appalachia Kentucky

August 1-7th,2010

Crossroads Mission

A Reason to Celebrate Him

Louie is the founder of the Passion Movement for college students, and is the pastor of Passion City Church here in Atlanta, GA. This sermon snippet focuses on the beautiful reality that God holds everything--including us--together. Literally.

Laminin...All the more reason to worship our Lord during this Holiday Season. This season, worship Him, for He is the reason to celebrate Christmas!

IMPACT: Greenwood Shopping Mall Invasion

Sat., Dec. 5th (8:30am-?)
Join us for a day at the Greenwood Park Mall for a great day of shopping and fun!
Bring $$$ for 3meals, shopping, a coat and gloves, your shopping list, and invite a friend.
Sign up by Sun., Nov.29th

You'll have a great day of shopping with stores like American Eagle, Ann Taylor Loft, Hollister, Fossil, The Disney Store, Build-a-Bear Workshop, Sephora, Victoria's Secret and Waldenbooks, plus over 120 specialty shops. Greenwood Park Mall has something for everyone! Still looking for that special gift? Stop by one of our anchor stores like Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears or Von Maur for a great selection of quality merchandise. Ready for a break? Try a pretzel from Auntie Anne's Pretzels or maybe a gourmet cookie from Blondie's. We will visit your favorite fast food restaurants located in our Food Court for lunch.

ACC Student Ministry Open Source Discussion

Following are a list of 5 Open Source discussion questions that will be posed to our IMPACT Students on Sunday evening.

Open Source is a collaborative tool to help foster creative group discussions for a common purpose of benefiting a program or movement. The Open Source format is also designed to help discover creative solutions to real issues/problems... In our case, to stimulate student leadership involvement in the planning and programming process of our student ministry.

A "Discussion Starter" will pose the question and take specific notes of the conversation at each individual discussion circle. Participants are not limited to the specific question posed at that circle, but are encouraged to allow creativity to freely flow.

Participants will rotate in and out of each group discussion at will until they have participated in all five circles of discussions. At the completion of the individual discussion circles, the Discussion Starter will share notes with the entire group where specific plans, strategies, and targets will be established.

Open Source Discussion Circles:

Circle 1. What is a youth group and what does it look like? (Think Big; Dream Big!!!) Is it important to you and your spiritual walk? Why or why not?

Circle 2. What are we not doing that we should start doing to resemble your view of youth group? What are we doing that has gotten stale that we should stop doing?

Circle 3. With the gifts and talents God has given to you, where should you be serving in youth group? What new ministry could or should you start? What will it take for you to begin? What resources are needed?

Circle 4. If you could choose the next message series for IMPACT, what would it be? Why?

Circle 5. What specifically needs to happen for us to see new friends at youth group each week?

"The Root of the Vine"

Expand and enrich your Christian faith by reading "The Root of the Vine".

Dana Simons was raised in the Jewish faith and shares practical "how-to" information to help you reconnect to the rich heritage of your Christian faith. She also serves with our student ministry at Agape Christian Church.

You will love the book and Dana's passionate heart as she unfolds how Jesus was a Torah observant Jew and how many of us today do not know the rich traditions of our faith found in the Jewish holidays, Jewish worship and Jewish prayer.

Learn how to pray, worship and celebrate as Jesus did!
For more details or to purchase click "The Root of the Vine."

Wacky Pic of the Evening!!!

The possibilities of creativity and wackyness are endless when you turn a few students loose with a cell phone cam. Last evening the students had a great time snapping pics of one another during an IMPACT activity where they played Cell Phone Scavenger Hunt.

It was a great time with many laughs... esp. when we viewed a few in Powerpoint. The first group to e-mail all the assigned pics back to me received CD's.

Fun... thanks Youth Specialties and Tim Schmoyer for the idea!

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Thanks for your time and your interest in the happenings of ACC Student IMPACT!

Ten Ways To Kill Vision In Your Church

from Perry Noble

#1 – Pray really small prayers…seriously, don’t ask God for ANYTHING big. He DID put an interstate highway through a sea, demolished the walls of Jericho and brought the dead back to life…but I’m sure He doesn’t do things like that anymore! :-)

#2 – Celebrate the past WAY more than you anticipate the future, thus becoming a museum and not a movement!

#3 – Allow those who have never actually done anything for Jesus dictate to you what they believe you can and can’t do for Him!

#4 – Listen and repond to every critic.

#5 – Wait until everything makes perfect sense before you make a decision.

#6 – Spend more time on blogs than you do in your Bible.

#7 – Become more agenda driven than GOSPEL driven!

#8 – Actually believe that EVERYONE must be 100% happy with every detail.

#9 – Vote!

#10 – Become angry/jealous over what God is doing at other places and become hyper focused on all of their problems, thus overlooking your own!